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1942: the year the war came to Australia: The bombing of Darwin and the attack on Sydney by the Japanese
'Grose's compassionate, honest and vivid account deserves to be widely read.' Sun Herald on An Awkward Truth 'About as good as any yarn can get . . . a great...
The Reds: The Communist Party of Australia from origins to illegality
Winner of The Age Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award 1998 Shortlisted for Best Australian History Book in the NSW Premier's History Awards 1998 In 1920, 26 men and women...
Drugs, Guns & Lies: My life as an undercover cop
'Banks has told his story in a raw and honest autobiography. It is the best true crime book published in Australia in a decade.' -John Silvester, Crime Reporter for The...
The Kingpin and the Crooked Cop: The definitive inside story of Neddy Smith and Roger Rogerson, partners in crime
'Stunning revelations, shocking crimes and a cracking read: I thought I knew a lot about these two infamous villains, but what I learned from Mercer's book surprised even me.' Kate...
Aboriginal Victorians: A history since 1800
Early Europeans saw Victoria and its rolling grasslands as Australia felix -happy south land-a prize left for them by God. For its original inhabitants, their Country was home and life,...
Mary Ann and Captain Piper: The remarkable true story of the convicts' daughter who became the toast of colonial Sydney
'An astonishing story of lust and love in early colonial Australia, shocking, entrancing and utterly enthralling.' - Sue Williams, author of Elizabeth and Elizabeth Born on Norfolk Island to First...
The Shipwreck: The true story of the Dunbar, the disaster that broke the colony's heart and forged a nation's spirit
'gripping, engaging popular history' - Sydney Morning Herald The Dunbar was one of the most advanced and celebrated sailing ships of the mid-19th century. Built to carry passengers in speed...
Australian Architecture: A history
From First Nations gunyahs and First Fleet huts to 21st century eco-pavilions and skyscrapers, Davina Jackson surveys the evolution of architecture in Australia. Dr Jackson explores how early colonial building...
Traitors and Spies: Espionage and corruption in high places in Australia, 1901-50
'Deeply researched with keen judgements, Traitors and Spies is a devastating indictment of Australia's security services and their political masters in the decades before the formation of ASIO.' - Professor...
The Mighty 747: Australia's Queen of the Skies
'We have decided we must have the 747.' - Bert Ritchie, Qantas Chief Executive, 1967 From its first Qantas flight in 1971, the Boeing 747 flew millions of people to...
Australia's Original Languages: An introduction
'A must read for all who would like to understand the languages and culture of Indigenous Australians.' Dr Ernie Grant, Elder of the Jirrbal nation When Captain Cook landed at...
The Countess from Kirribilli: The mysterious and free-spirited literary sensation who beguiled the world
She was 'amused, cynical, ironic, loving, gay, ferocious, cold, ardent but never gentle'. She was a whirlwind. She created around her the atmosphere of a Court at which her friends...
Griffith Wars: The powerful true story of Donald Mackay's murder and the town that stood up to the Mafia
'Donald Mackay was not just an innocent victim tragically struck down by a criminal act. He was a casualty of the actual fight against organised crime ... killed on active...
The Lost Recipes
' A glorious endeavour ' Nigella Lawson Over 90 rediscovered and revived Australian classics - thrifty, no-waste recipes from a time that honoured seasonal, locally grown ingredients and truly understood...
Australians: A short history
Australians , Thomas Keneally's widely acclaimed three volume history of the Australian people from origins to Vietnam, gave us a robust, vibrant and page-turning narrative that brought to life the...
Australia's First Spies: The remarkable story of Australian intelligence operations, 1901-45
Australia was born with its eyes wide open. Although politicians spoke publicly of loyalty to Britain and the empire, in secret they immediately set about protecting Australia's interests from the...
Bill and Horrie: Australia's greatest war horse and war dog
Bill the Bastard Bill the Bastard is a remarkable tale of the bond between a determined trooper and his stoic but cantankerous mount during the Light Horse campaigns against the...
Truganini: Journey through the apocalypse
Winner of the National Biography Award 2021 Shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Award for Non-fiction 2021 'A compelling story, beautifully told' - JULIA BAIRD, author and broadcaster 'At last, a...
Convict Colony: The remarkable story of the fledgling settlement that survived against the odds
The British plan to settle Australia was a high-risk venture. We now take it for granted that the first colony was the basis of one of the most successful nations...
The Convict Valley: The bloody struggle on Australia's early frontier
Shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Award for Australian History 2021 In 1790, five convicts escaped Sydney by boat and were swept ashore near present-day Newcastle. They were taken in by...
Aboriginal Australians: A history since 1788
'The vast sweeping story of Aboriginal Australia from 1788 is told in Richard Broome's typical lucid and imaginative style. This is an important work of great scholarship, passion and imagination.'...
Esther: The extraordinary true story of the First Fleet girl who became First Lady of the colony
Shortlisted for the Society of Women Writers NSW Book Awards Esther only just escaped the hangman in London. Aged 16, she stood trial at the Old Bailey for stealing 24...
The Original Australians: The story of the Aboriginal People
The Original Australians tells the story of Australian Indigenous history and society from its distant beginnings to the present day. From the wisdom and paintings of the Dreamtime to the...
We Didn't Think It Through
WINNER: 2024 MARION ACT Book of the Year, Books for Older Readers WINNER: 2024 Readings Young Adult Prize S HORTLISTED: 2024 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Ethel Turner Prize for Young...
Monash and Chauvel: How Australia's two greatest generals changed the course of world history
Monash and Chauvel follows the extraordinary campaigns of the two most outstanding battlefield commanders of the First World War across all the Allied armies: John Monash and Harry Chauvel. John...
Australian Food
The long-awaited new cookbook from the king of relaxed Australian cafe style food 'Every city has one cafe that becomes the poster child for its inner spirit, and for Sydney,...
The Waterwise Australian Native Garden: A practical guide to garden design, plant selection and much more
Winner of the 2018 HMAA Laurel Award for best book First published as The Australian Native Garden There's never been a more crucial time to droughtproof your garden and to...
Iconic: Modern Australian houses 1950-2000
'Karen McCartney's Iconic Australian Houses books are re-imagined so cleverly in this freshly redesigned, encyclopaedic book, which brings together in one volume the best of 50 years of Australian residential...
Habitat: A practical guide to creating a wildlife-friendly Australian garden
In a world where suburban nature is declining and diversity is shrinking, Habitat is a practical guide for those of us who want to encourage insects, reptiles, frogs, birds and...
The Secret Cold War: The Official History of ASIO, 1976 - 1989
The Cold War between the West and the Soviet Bloc didn't end with detente in 1975: it just went underground. Until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, tensions...
An Awkward Truth: The bombing of Darwin, February 1942
'Grose's compassionate, honest and vivid account . deserves to be widely read.'- Sun-Herald The bombing of Darwin on 19 February 1942 is the battle Australia tries to forget. Although there...
The Protest Years: The Official History of ASIO, 1963-1975
By 1963, Robert Menzies had been prime minister for thirteen years, Australia had its first troops in Vietnam, and change was in the air. There would soon be street protests...
Cronin's Key Guide to Australian Wildflowers
This is both a field guide for travellers and a reference book for the home library. It covers more than 590 wildflowers from all parts of the continent. Each species...
People of the River: Lost worlds of early Australia
Winner of the Prime Minister's Award for Australian History 2021 Winner of the NSW Premier's Australian History Prize 2021 Co-winner of the Ernest Scott Prize for History 2021 Winner, Henry...
The Spy Catchers: The Official History of ASIO, 1949-1963
Winner of the Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History For the first time, ASIO has opened its archives to an independent historian. With unfettered access to the records, David Horner...
Broken Nation: Australians in the Great War
Winner of the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Australian History 2014 Winner of the NSW Premier's History Awards, Australian History Prize 2014 Winner of the Queensland Literary Awards, History Award...
Warrior: A legendary leader's dramatic life and violent death on the colonial frontier
Winner of the 2015 Queensland Premier's Award for a work of State Significance Winner of the 2016 Magarey Medal for Biography 'Connors lays down the hard truth. Not all our...
Australian Fish and Seafood Cookbook: The ultimate kitchen companion
'The bible for seafood. The only book you'll ever need on the topic.' Neil Perry Written by the most respected authorities on seafood in the country, this landmark publication contains...
A Sappers' War: How the Legendary Aussie Tunnel Rats Fought the Vietcong
They were frequently not just on the front line, but right at the sharp end of the action. They were the legendary sappers, the army engineers, who were literally everywhere...
Tasmania's Convicts: How felons built a free society
To the convicts arriving in Van Diemen's Land, it must have felt as though they'd been sent to the very ends of the earth. In Tasmania's Convicts Alison Alexander tells...
Hell's Battlefield: To Kokoda and beyond
Hell's Battlefield is the first book that tells the whole story of the Australians against the Japanese in New Guinea during World War II, from invasion in 1942 to the...
Tunnel Rats: The larrikin Aussie legends who discovered the Vietcong's secret weapon
'All I could do was prod the earth with my bayonet and shine the light to see if I could find anything. It doesn't matter how small the tunnel is...
First Footprints: The Epic Story of the First Australians
Some 60,000 years ago, a small group of people landed on Australia's northern coast. They were the first oceanic mariners and this great southern land was their new home. Gigantic...
Conspiracy of Silence: Queensland's frontier killing times
'This is an important, well researched book: challenging, compelling and controversial. It is a must read for anyone interested in Australian history.' - Henry Reynolds The Queensland frontier was more...
Australians Volume 2: Eureka to the Diggers
In this companion volume of Thomas Keneally's widely acclaimed history of the Australian people, the vast range of characters who have formed our national story are brought vividly to life....
500 Plants: Great Australian favourites for your garden
Out of the thousands of Australian plants worthy of garden space, here are the top 500, as edited and selected by Angus Stewart. These are the tried and tested, the...
Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines made Australia
Winner of the Prize for Australian History in the Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2012; The History Book Award in the Queensland Literary Awards 2012; the Victorian Prize for Literature 2012;...
Eucalypts: A celebration
'The tallest and most stately trees I ever saw in any nobleman's ground in England cannot excel in beauty those which nature presented to our view.' First fleet surgeon Arthur...